Rufus, OR
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Rufus, OR: 1 USPS ZIP, population 272. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
Source:
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet RUFUS-OR · Rufus, OR 1 ZIPs · 272 pop · #24021/25278 · Sherman County
INC-LOW · RANK-BOTTOM · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW
- INC-LOW $39,306
- RANK-BOTTOM #24021/25278
- BELOW-PEER under Wasco
- BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
- OWN-MID 72% owners
- POP-VILLAGE 272
- SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
- HOME-LOW $182,800
Nearest income peer: Wasco, OR (+ $14,569 income $)
Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Rufus
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Rufus on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Rufus · this city · lowest
Rufus · this city · lowest
$39,306 median HH income
- Wasco · near
Wasco · near
$53,875 median HH income
- Grass Valley · near
Grass Valley · near
$61,116 median HH income
- Moro · highest
Moro · highest
$93,056 median HH income
What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Rufus, OR sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.
- 5th pct
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 272
- city population (Census)
- 1
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $39,306
- avg ZIP median income
Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.
Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($39,306 average) · poverty 24.5%. The primary code (97050) carries the ACS household fields that matter.
Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (72.4%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Rufus as a pure owner town.
Within Oregon, Antelope is the closest lower-income city and Seneca the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Rufus.
ZIP Codes in Rufus, OR
These ZIP codes sit in Sherman County, which covers 5 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Rufus. See the Sherman County roll-up →
Every one of the 3 cities sharing Sherman County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Rufus, Wasco, Moro and Grass Valley among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Moro marks the far end of that range at $93,056, 137% above Rufus.
| ZIP Code | Population | Density | Timezone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 97050 | 272 | 14 | America/Los_Angeles |
On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Rufus, then BLS wages if you need the labor-market side of the same small geography.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates (2023). Verify with Census Bureau →
Source: HUD USPS Crosswalk (ZIP-to-county mapping) and Source: simplemaps.com (ZIP coordinates & timezones). Verify with HUD →
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